#shells
This is the third part of a seriesaboutisotopesand why they’re useful and interesting to scientists.
Isotopes are the flavors of elements. And because our universe is made up of atoms of elements, every object can be thought of as a delicious smoothie of flavors. Scientists like me are trying to reverse engineer those mixtures and pick out individual tastes, in order to answer questions about…
A hinged shell does not a clam make (QUIZ)
Bivalves are so named for their two hard shell valves made of carbonate, linked by a soft ligament acting as a hinge. They use a strong adductor muscle to close their shell, and the relaxation of the muscle allows the springy ligament to reopen (you might be familiar with adductor muscles as the edible tasty part of a scallop). In deference to the bivalves, laptops and flip-phones are called…
if you didn’t absolutely ravage the beach for these things everytime you went, are you even a goblin?